Gently instruct those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people's hearts, and they will learn the truth. 2nd Timothy 2:25 ♥ Let Jesus speak gently to your heart

Remember When…

I have a terrible memory.
I often joke about it, but it’s true. I have a very hard time remembering all sorts of things. Things that I WANT to remember even, not just those I don’t. I forget names, dates, phone numbers (actually does anyone remember phone numbers anymore?), items on my “list of things to do”, appointments, and well, you get the picture by now, I’m sure. It’s very annoying! To me, to my children, to my husband, and probably plenty of other people who have been affected by my loss of memory issues.

There is one area of life where I work extremely hard to NOT forget anything! This area is the area of God’s Love and His promises. I never want to forget the things He’s done for me and my family.
It seems silly to think you could ever forget a miracle from God! How could anyone ever do that? Well, trust me… it happens. A lot. You can find many instances of it happening right in your Bible!

Just take a peek in the book of Exodus in Chapter 15. God parts the Red Sea and saves the people of Israel in a very grand and dramatic manner and then three short days later those exact same folks are crying out and complaining because of drinking water. Didn’t they know that God was in their midst? Wasn’t His saving them from the Egyptians enough to let them know that He was there with them, caring for them?

Apparently not.

We can’t say too much about them though, because we do the very same thing. God will prove to us that He is right here with us and we’ll still question Him. I’ve done it more times than I care to admit. Quite simply… we forget. Over and over again, we forget all the ways that the Lord has come through for us.

What can we do about this problem?

The easiest way to deal with the problem of spiritual amnesia is to create a journal of God’s blessings. You can go out and get a fancy leather journal to record all the ways in which the Lord blesses you, or you can simply get a spiral notebook and jot it all down. You can also type it all out and save it in a Word document on your computer. I prefer to keep a private blog that I can type it all in to and it’s saved in the land of the internet for me. There are loads of various options out there. The important thing is to WRITE IT ALL DOWN! Keep it where you can go through and read it all over and over and over again. Refresh your memory every time you hit a rough spot in life so you can KNOW that God is there. He hasn’t left you. He’s promised to always be with us and He is.

And call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.
Psalm 50:15 (AMP)